Recognised as Colour

#012EAE

#012EAE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#012EAE is a blue with RGB values 1, 46, 174 and HSL 224°, 99%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#012EAE#012EAE

HEX#012EAE

RGBrgb(1, 46, 174)

RGB (0–1)0.0039, 0.1804, 0.6824

RGB percentages0.4%, 18%, 68.2%

HSLhsl(224.4, 98.9%, 34.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(224.4, 99.4%, 68.2%)

CMYK99.4%, 73.6%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer77,486

CSS custom property--colour: #012EAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05016WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness68.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.48:1

Contrast with white10.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#FED151

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0047B2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#0037ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00546Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text10.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 15.8 Navy · ΔE 16.5 Indigo · ΔE 21.3 Slate blue · ΔE 22.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.9 Midnight blue · ΔE 24.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 15.78, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#AE8101

Analogous#0184AE, #2B01AE

Triadic#AE012E, #2EAE01

Split complementary#AE2B01, #84AE01

Tetradic#AE0184, #AE8101, #01AE2B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#7D9EFE

Lighter +30%#4A79FE

Lighter +20%#1753FE

Lighter +10%#013BE1

Darker −10%#01217B

Darker −20%#001349

Darker −30%#000616

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#002EAF

Less saturated −25%#173898

Channel breakdown

G46

B174

Red1 (0.4%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue174 (68.2%)

Hue224.39°

Saturation (HSL)98.86%

Lightness34.31%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 01 · G 2E · B AE

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